INVESTIGATIVE NETWORK NEWS & DOCUMENTARIES - Key Persons
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- Business & Non - Profit Attorney Austin, Texas
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- CHIEF EDITOR / VIDEOGRAPHER
Ben Cruz is an Lone Star Emmy award-winning videographer who worked for WOAI-TV in San Antonio. Cruz also ran his own production company surRENDERED Media, LLC.
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- Reporter
- CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER / CEO
Brian Collister is an award-winning investigative reporter and creator of the Investigative Network.
Brian worked as the senior reporter in the investigative team for KXAN, the NBC affiliate television station in Austin, Texas. He specialized in uncovering fraud, corruption and government waste.
In 2017, Brian's investigation into the racial profiling records of Austin Police and the Texas Department of Safety was recognized with an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award. The investigation uncovered overwhelming evidence that law enforcement was subverting racial profiling statistics by consistently misreporting the race of minority motorists during traffic stops. His investigations have resulted in the criminal convictions of public officials, passage of new laws and embezzled public funds being returned to taxpayers.
Byron Harris is one of the most decorated reporters in the United States. Among his national honors are six DuPont Columbia Awards, including the only Dupont Gold Baton (joint) ever given to a local television station, two Peabody awards, four Edward R. Murrows, and four Gerald Loeb Awards for business and financial reporting.
Although he is known primarily as an investigative reporter for WFAA-TV in Dallas, Harris has written for Texas Monthly, Air & Space Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and The Dallas Morning News. Harris has taught Investigative Reporting at SMU and at IRE, and currently writes Byron's Lens for WFAA.com.
He is an Army veteran, an Eagle Scout and a volunteer for Dallas Habitat for Humanity.
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- LEGAL COUNSEL - FIRST AMENDMENT AUSTIN, TEXAS
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- Investigative Journalist / International Correspondent Middle East
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- Investigative Data Journalist San Antonio, Texas
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- Board of Directors Austin, Texas
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- Photojournalist Dallas, Texas
John Lane worked as an award-winning Senior Photojournalist with WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth. John has over 28 years of experience as a photojournalist covering stories both nationally and internationally. John's desire to give a voice to the voiceless and to spearhead change has led him to be honored by the Emmys, National Press Photographers Association, Office of the Texas Governor, Houston Press Club, Associated Press, and Dallas Press Club.
Job Titles:
- CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL - FIRST AMENDMENT AUSTIN, TEXAS
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- Board of Directors San Antonio, Texas
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- Director of Production / Videographer
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- President
- IRE Board President
Matt Goldberg, IRE Board President, is the Assistant News Director at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles. He has been honored with numerous local and national awards, including the IRE Award. He has worked in management and as an investigative producer for television stations in Phoenix, Houston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. His stories have exposed consumer fraud, government corruption and health and human rights violations. matt.goldberg@nbcuni.com or @MattGoldbergNBC. (IRE Board originally elected 2013; current term expires June 2019.)
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- Investigative Journalist Houston, Texas
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- Chief Videographer San Antonio, Texas
Stephen Kline is an award-winning videographer and investigative producer. He worked as part of the Troubleshooters team at WOAI, the NBC-affiliate television station in San Antonio, Texas. His stories have been recognized by the Lone Star EMMY awards.
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- Reporter
- INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST
Stuart Watson is an award-winning investigative reporter with more than 30 years of experience in journalism, broadcasting and teaching. He is a three-time Peabody award-winner and a two-time duPont Columbia Silver Baton recipient. His work has also been recognized with regional Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards.